However, you must beat one level in the game for the mode to become available -- i.e., you must unlock a Dream Mode stage (the mode in which co-op play is enabled). Co-op play is in a split-screen format (works well; vertical split; no online or system link) and is available in Dream Mode and Free Mode; the later being Dream Mode but where any character combination can be used in any Dream Mode stage.

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